[c-nsp] best way to network servers with management (iLO/IPMI)

[Roland Dobbins]

On Apr 9, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Drew Weaver wrote:

> Ideally, I would like to be able to assign the management device a  
> RFC 1918 IP, have the actual server be on a different subnet  
> altogether but use a shared port.

This isn't a good idea because of fate-sharing - you want your OOB  
management network to be isolated and bulletproof, and totally  
unaffected by any problems on the production side.  You should use  
separate NICs, with separate cables, plugged into a separate physical  
network (unless you're using N7K switches with VDCs, in which case you  
can safely run the management  network on a separate VDC on the same  
hardware, given the control- and management-plane isolation).

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